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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS · 505 Games · 2022-03-30

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Death Stranding · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 24, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2024 (iOS), Nov 07, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 30, 2024 (Mac)

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

951
playing now
92%
positive of 68k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
91/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (144 ratings)
66h
to beat · rushed 35h · completionist 113h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

951 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Death Stranding is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is the first game from director Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions after their split from Konami in 2015. It was first released for PlayStation 4 in November 2019, followed by a Windows port in July 2020. A director's cut was released for PlayStation 5 in September 2021, followed by releases for Windows in March 2022, iOS, iPadOS and macOS in January 2024, and Amazon Luna and Xbox Series X/S in November 2024. Sony published the game on their consoles, while 505 Games published all other versions under license from Kojima Productions.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 951 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,823 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,228/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,549 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$11.06-72%
GreenManGaming$11.20-72%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.00-65%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.96 at GameBillet (2026-02-10) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 92 of 112 observed days · $32.03 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.2k4.2k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,524 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,564 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,430 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,455 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,240 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 989 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,159 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,161 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,609 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,441 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k7562026-08-06 21:00 — 1,018 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 911 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,696 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,113 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,168 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,947 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,291 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,371 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,154 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,322 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 925 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,814 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,046 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 948 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,736 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 890 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 814 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,805 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,384 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 817 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,226 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,073 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 987 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,514 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,248 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 870 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,068 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,302 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 951 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002022-03-292026-08-282022-03-29 — best price $31.002022-05-23 — best price $33.992022-07-06 — best price $25.992022-08-10 — best price $33.992022-09-22 — best price $17.992022-11-13 — best price $27.952022-12-08 — best price $23.992023-01-03 — best price $18.392023-01-27 — best price $30.492023-03-24 — best price $30.492023-05-30 — best price $30.492023-09-07 — best price $19.992023-11-07 — best price $39.992023-12-22 — best price $15.642024-02-15 — best price $31.492024-04-04 — best price $39.992024-06-06 — best price $39.992024-07-29 — best price $29.182024-08-27 — best price $31.192024-10-17 — best price $39.992024-12-06 — best price $11.192025-01-27 — best price $14.872025-03-01 — best price $37.992025-04-16 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $15.992025-08-01 — best price $39.992025-09-23 — best price $20.002025-11-05 — best price $13.592025-12-17 — best price $15.992026-02-16 — best price $8.392026-04-01 — best price $13.992026-05-10 — best price $31.172026-07-07 — best price $12.992026-08-13 — best price $15.992026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.9k1.2k2026-05-30 — 1,573 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,597 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,482 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,793 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,407 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,438 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,391 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,829 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,771 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,553 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,538 pageviews2026-07-02 — 1,517 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,742 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,587 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1,298 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1,390 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,464 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,320 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1,296 pageviews2026-07-26 — 1,552 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,542 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,533 pageviews2026-08-04 — 1,379 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1,336 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,678 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,294 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,436 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1,336 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,432 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,605 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,412 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14442026-08-28 00:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 118 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 144 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.1%
earned "Delivering Is What I Do"
28.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)78,22514%63
Steam (Steam)39,2768%63
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)17,6014%63

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionHorrorSci-fiRelaxingAdventureCinematicOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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